Design and evaluation of a punch planter for no-till systems

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 307-314

  Molin, J P ^a   Bashford, L L ^a   Von Bargen, K ^a   Leviticus, L I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

No till; Punch planter; Seed spacing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; CROPS; EQUIPMENT TESTING; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTS; PERFORMANCE; SEED;

CONSERVATION TILLAGE SYSTEM; CORN; PUNCH PLANTER; PUNCH PLANTING; SEED METER; SEED SPACING;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

EID: 0032031134     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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